Texas · Census place 4840516

Lake Dallas, Texas

Lake Dallas is a city in Denton County, Texas with an estimated 7,915 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 296th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,915
#296 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+195 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.32 sq mi water
Density
3,257 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Lake Dallas. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Lake Dallas population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Dallas added 195 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -20. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 223rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Lake Dallas is 52% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,704. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Dallas covers 2.43 square miles of land and 0.32 of water, for 3,257 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Lake Dallas is denser than the typical town.

What county Lake Dallas is in

All of Lake Dallas's residents live in Denton County, which had 1,045,120 residents in 2024. Lake Dallas holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Dallas

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Dallas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75065. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lake Dallas is

The Census internal point of Lake Dallas is at 33.127800, -97.022800. Austin, the capital, is 201.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corinth, TX (24,450 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lewisville, TX, 6.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.127800, -97.022800
DMS
33°07'40.08"N 97°01'22.08"W
UTM
14N 684449.9E 3667194.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86544XHG+4V

Daylight in Lake Dallas

At 33.13° N, Lake Dallas gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Dallas

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hickory Creek, 1.4 miles away, with 6,901 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Dallas, TX?

7,915 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 195 (2.5%) from 7,720 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Dallas in?

Denton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lake Dallas?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75065.

How far is Lake Dallas from Austin?

201.6 miles (324.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lake Dallas.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Dallas?

Corinth, TX, with 24,450 residents, 3.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.